Tag: Africaglobalvillage

Tunisian international tennis player, Ons Jabeur, already a young champion in Paris in 2011, was the first North African and Arabic speaking woman to reach the 3rd round in the French Open in 2017 and is currently competing in this year’s fourth round. Nabil Mlika, first trainer of Ons Jabeur, shares his memories of the early beginnings of her career,… Read More

Someone who is not having the best last few days is LeBron James as The Los Angeles Lakers star was definitely hoping to bury Jimmy Butler’s Miami Heat in game 3 of the NBA final. Still deprived of Bam Adebayo and Goran Dragic, the Florida franchise has nevertheless woken up with its best player. Jimmy Butler who scored a resounding… Read More

“Covid-Organics” — capsules containing extracts of a local Malagasy plant artemisia with proven anti-malarial properties and other indigenous herbs such as ravintsara inspired by a national herbal infusion believed to be effective in curing and treating coronavirus infections during this Covid-19 pandemic. More than a quarter of Madagascar’s 26 million inhabitants have so far taken the drink, according to government… Read More

Unbeaten for seven years, Eliud Kipchoge cracked at the end of the race and finished only 8th, with victory going to Ethiopia’s Shura Kitata after a thrilling sprint. Kitata won in 2 h 05 min 41 sec ahead of Kenya’s Vincent Kipchumba. Regardless of the conditions and the opposition, Eliud Kipchoge had made a habit of continuing to write his… Read More

Dozens of Angolans marched on Saturday against alleged state corruption after Portuguese media accused the president’s chief of staff of embezzlement, damaging the credibility of an ongoing anti-graft campaign against the former regime. Private Portuguese broadcaster TVI 24 last month investigated several public contracts awarded to firms owned by Angolan President Joao Lourenco’s chief of staff and right-hand man Edeltrudes… Read More

Ivory Coast inaugurated Saturday its new 60,000-seat Olympic stadium, built with the help of China, in Ebimpe, on the outskirts of Abidjan, in preparation for the African Cup of Nations soccer in 2023. The ceremony, with a great show of dance and music, took place in the presence of 50,000 people, according to the organizers – including Ivorian President Alassane… Read More

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered about 60 ancient coffins near the famed Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, south of Cairo. Egypt’s tourism and antiquities ministry said on Saturday that archaeologists had unearthed at least 59 sealed sarcophagi with mummies inside in a vast necropolis south of the Egyptian capital. Khaled El-Enany said they had been buried in three wells more… Read More

Malaria cases in northern Mali have spiked, according to medical workers, claiming 23 lives in the often lawless desert region last week alone. Mali’s ministry of health said this week that 59 people have died of malaria in the north since the start of the year, almost double the number of deaths over the same period last year. Already struggling… Read More

Sudan’s transitional authorities and a rebel alliance signed on Saturday a peace deal agreed in August that aims to put an end to the country’s decades-long civil wars, in a televised ceremony in Juba. “The next biggest challenge is to work with all local and international partners to preach the agreement and its benefits,” Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok tweeted on… Read More

Wearing face masks and white clothes, people from Ethiopia’s Oromo nation descended on the capital Addis Ababa to mark the annual Thanksgiving festival known as Irreecha on Saturday. The crowds were significantly smaller due to political tensions and the COVID-19 pandemic. Hundreds of people were arrested ahead of the festival, some accused by authorities of plotting terror attacks and a… Read More